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Isomyia Walker 1859

  • 1. Taxonomy and Ecology Laboratory, Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama 1 - 23 - 1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162 - 8640, Japan. E-mail: fly @ nih. go. jp
  • 2. Research Associate, Entomology Centre, National Museum of Namibia, P. O. Box 1203, Windhoek, Namibia & Present address: Head of Entomology, Albany Museum, Rhodes University, Somerset Street, Grahamstown 6139, South Africa. E-mail: a. kirk-spriggs @ ru. ac. za

Description

Key to species of Isomyia Walker

1. Thorax and abdomen blackish, thorax with distinct broad longitudinal stripes.............. .................................................................................................... I. tristis (Bigot) (p. 91)

­ Thorax and abdomen metallic green to blue, thorax without distinct broad stripes..... 2

2. Basicosta yellow............................................................................................................ 3

­ Basicosta black.............................................................................................................. 4

3. Parafacial with pale setulae on lower part, setulae relatively dense and longer than 2–3 x as long as width of 1 st flagellomere (not recorded from Namibia)............................... .................................................................................................... I. dubiosa (Villeneuve)

­ Lower part of parafacial predominantly with black setulae, setulae partly 2–3 x as long as width of 3 rd antennal segment ............................................ I. deserti (Karsch) (p. 91)

4. Katepisternum and anepimeron largely clothed in fuscous to black hairs; facial carina short, distinctly developed between antennae above tip of 1 st flagellomere; hind tibia with 0–1 av; eyes separated by less than width of ocellar triangle in ♂; frons index 0.07 in ♂ ........................................................................................ I. darwini (Curran) (p. 90)

­ Katepisternum and anepimeron largely clothed in yellowish hairs; facial carina long, more or less developed even below tip of 1 st flagellomere; hind tibia with 2–3 av; eyes separated by more than width of ocellar triangle in ♂; frons index 0.12–0.15 in ♂, 0.29 in ♀ .................................................................................... I. hauwangai sp. nov. (p. 91)

Notes

Published as part of Kurahashi, Hiromu & Kirk-Spriggs, Ashley H., 2006, The Calliphoridae of Namibia (Diptera: Oestroidea), pp. 1-131 in Zootaxa 1322 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1322.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5071123

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Walker
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Rhiniidae
Genus
Isomyia
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Isomyia Walker, 1859 sec. Kurahashi & Kirk-Spriggs, 2006